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Comparatives, superlatives & past simple :pencil2: - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Subject + verb (in past tense) + object
  - - - Subject + Did + NOT + Verb + Object
  - - - Example:
        
        We swam a lot while we were on holiday.
    - - Example:
        
        She played a lot of tennis when she was younger.
    - - Example:
        
        I met my wife in 1983.
    - - Example:
        
        I met my wife a long time ago.
  - - - Did + subject + verb + object
    - - Example:
        
        Who discovered penicillin?
        Who wrote Don Quixote?
  - - - Example:
        
        Call/called, Like/liked, Want/wanted, Work/worked
      - But there are a lot of irregular past tense forms in English. Here are the most common irregular verbs in English, with their past tense forms
        
        Irregular verbs list
- - - - To form comparatives and superlatives you need to know the number of syllables in the adjective. Syllables are like "sound beats".
        
        One syllable adjective ending in a silent 'e'
        
        Example: NICE
        
        COMPARATIVE
        
        add 'r'
        
        NICER
        
        SUSTANTIVE
        
        add 'st'
        
        NICEST
        
        One syllable adjective ending in one vowel and one consonant
        
        Example: BIG
        
        COMPARATIVE
        
        the consonant is doubled and 'er' is added
        
        BIGGER
        
        SUSTANTIVE
        
        the consonant is doubled and 'est' is added
        
        BIGGEST
        
        One syllable adjective ending in more than one consonant or more than a vowel (or long vowels)
        
        Example: HIGH, CHEAP, SOFT
        
        COMPARATIVE
        
        'er' is added
        
        HIGHER, CHEAPER, SOFTER
        
        SUPERLATIVE
        
        'est is added
        
        HIGHEST, CHEAPEST, SOFTEST
        
        A two-syllable adjective ending in 'y'
        
        Example: HAPPY
        
        COMPARATIVE
        
        'y' becomes 'i' and 'er' is added
        
        HAPPIER
        
        SUPERLATIVE
        
        'y' becomes 'i' and 'est' is added
        
        HAPPIEST
        
        Two-syllable or more adjectives without 'y' at the end
        
        Example: EXCITING
        
        COMPARATIVE
        
        more + the adjective + than
        
        MORE EXCITING THAN
        
        SUPERLATIVE
        
        The most + adjective
        
        THE MOST EXCITING
        
        Irregular comparatives and superlatives
        
        Adjectives, Comparatives, Superlatives
        
        bad, worse, worst
        
        far(distance), .farther, farthest
        
        far(extent), further, furthest
        
        good, better, best
        
        little, less, least
        
        many, more, most
        
        much, more, most